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Show TRUST COMPANIES EDIT1IS ISSUED The 1018 edition of "Trunt Compnnies of the United states," which is the sixteenth annunl imhlientinn of trust conipnuy (sUittstiry issued by the United States Mortgnge ft Trut corn-puny. corn-puny. New York, is now being distributed. John "V. I' In Ken. president of the company, says in the preface to the volume: j "In presenting the 1918 edition of 'Trust ; C'ompanlcH of the United Stolen.' attention ie i directed to the pratifyliif- statistics of tlie prow th and influence of thcffe Institutions for the flsenl year just eloped, during which tnint rnmpnny resources reached a total of ?0,3S0.-SbH.ofil, ?0,3S0.-SbH.ofil, or S-l 22. 374, 21-1 more than a year ago. "ft is a satisfaction to record a liirgo nn-cesr-ion to the mem her ship of the federal rf-fcorvo rf-fcorvo system from the ranks of the trust companies, com-panies, it being worthy of note that of tlie total resources above (diown over 50 per cent (i re held by companies now included in the byptem. "Conditions directly resulting from the great struggle in which wo are now engaged have Rtlniti luted fiduciary buslnepH to an unprecedented unprece-dented cste'nt In nil purls of the country and tho pre-eminent fitnosw of these Institutions for the hfinrtllng of this clans of business lias been still further demonstrated. "Trust companies have lost no opportunity to render loyal and whole-hearted service to-wnrd to-wnrd tlie winning of the war, and the events of tho yenr have shown more clearly than ever before their great importance and usefulness ns an integral part in the financial structure of the nation." The J9IH book, consisting of about JO0 pagenp contains in addition to over 21 00 slatemenls, listn of officers and directors. Block quotation dividend rates, etc. |